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| the use of sociology to solve problems from a micro level of family relationships to the macro level of crime and pollution |
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| those who owns the means to produce wealth |
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| Marx's term for the struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie |
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| those things that everyone knows are true |
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| a theoretical frameworkin which society is viewed as composed of groups competing for scarce resources |
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| a statement that goes beyond the individual case and is applied to a broader group or situation |
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| the extensive interconnections among nations due to the expansion of capitalism. |
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| examination of large scale patterns of society |
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| examination of small-scale patterns of society. |
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| the intellectual and academic disciplines designed to comprehend, explain, and predict events in out natural environment |
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| communication without words through gesters, space, silence and so on |
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| recurring characteristics or evens |
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| the application of the scientific approach to the social world |
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| Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production |
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| sociology being used for the public good; especially the sociological perspective |
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| repeating a study in order to check its findings |
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| a term used by sociologist to refer to a group of people who share a culture and a territory |
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| the scientific study of society and human behavior |
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